Larry Hoeser sketches a drawing of the 1897 Clark County Jail Museum for a raffle prize to be won during the Neillsville Heritage Days event held this weekend in Schuster Park.

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June Thompson
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Neillsville Heritage Days begins Thursday, and local artist Larry Hoeser has finished his art drawing of the 1897 Clark County Jail Museum to be raffled on the last day of the festival. This is the third art drawing Hoeser has done for the annual event, ever since the festival was moved to Schuster Park.

Hoeser was born and raised in Neillsville. He learned to draw in high school, but has further education in commercial art from Western Wisconsin Technical College in the mid-1980s.

"I've been sketching and drawing since grade school," he said. "The biggest challenge is getting the drawing done ...